Ethical Responsibility - Thorsten Meyer AI

Universal Basic Income

The Ethics of UBI: Is Providing Free Money a Moral Obligation in Rich Societies?

Will the moral imperatives of wealthier societies justify providing free money through UBI, or are there ethical boundaries that challenge this obligation?

Thorsten Meyer
January 9, 2026

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The Free-Download Question: When Running Your Own Model Actually Beats Paying

The Mistral piece I wrote ended on a question I couldn’t answer…

Thorsten Meyer
May 31, 2026

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Different Game, or Already Lost? Reading Mistral’s Sovereignty Bet

There’s a question buried at the end of every honest discussion about…

Thorsten Meyer
May 31, 2026

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Build vs Buy a Prebuilt AI Workstation

Disclosure: This article contains a few affiliate links, and as an Amazon…

Thorsten Meyer
May 30, 2026

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Mac vs GPU Tower for Local LLMs: The Heat-and-Noise Tradeoff

Disclosure: This article contains a few affiliate links, and as an Amazon…

Thorsten Meyer
May 30, 2026